Preface

This manual describes the Oracle Transparent Gateway for Sybase, which enables Oracle client applications to access Sybase data through Structured Query Language (SQL). The gateway, with the Oracle database server, creates the appearance that all data resides on a local Oracle database server, even though the data can be widely distributed.

This preface covers the following topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documentation

• Conventions

Audience

This manual is intended for Oracle database administrators who perform the following tasks:

• Installing and configuring the Oracle Transparent Gateway for Sybase

• Diagnosing gateway errors

• Using the gateway to access Sybase data

  Note:

  You should understand the fundamentals of transparent gateways and the Microsoft Windows operating system before using this guide to install or administer the gateway.

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

Oracle provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For TTY support, call 800.446.2398.

Related Documentation

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database New Features

• Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide and Reference

• Oracle Database Performance Planning

• Oracle Database Error Messages

• Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide

• Oracle Database Reference

• Oracle SQL Reference

• Oracle Net Services Administrator's Guide

• SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference

• Oracle Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Administrator's Quick Start Guide

• Oracle Database Security Guide

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: